Posted on April 14, 2007 | Category: Uncategorized
Welcome to the Irish Literary Revival. This is where out-of-print and out-of-circulation Irish books are brought back into the world. Although our name is a pun, our intentions are serious.
Many authors have books that are long out of print, or are not stocked in bookshops, with little or no hope of new editions in the near or distant future. Our aim is to bring those books back. So we host them here. We accept books written in English or Irish.
The founding librarians are Patrick Chapman and Philip Casey. We invite eligible authors to submit works.
First, read the Submission Requirements. We present books that are out of print; previously published (either by an Irish publisher or written by an Irish writer and published elsewhere); and available for inclusion here under a Creative Commons licence.
NB Posting your work here does not affect your rights to re-publish a work, whether on demand or in a new edition. In some cases, there are a limited number of hard copies available, either from the author or from the publisher’s backlist, but not generally for sale to the public, ie they are not on the bookshop shelves. The electronic copy is made available here under a Creative Commons license; purchase of a hard copy is the business of the reader, the author and/or publisher.
The Irish Literary Revival acknowledges the original publishers of every book hosted here, and that without the co-operation and encouragement of publishers the project would be greatly stymied.
As we are concerned only with books that are out of print or otherwise unavailable, we expect that the work hosted here will encourage readers to buy and read the authors’ other books. We also very much hope that by hosting a book here, the exposure will go some way to reducing stocks of out-of-circulation books.
When was the last time you received a cheque for your out-of-print, or out-of-circulation book?
Better, don’t you think, to have it out there and read – perhaps by students, academics, and translators, not to mention potential buyers who like to have a hard copy after browsing a chapter or verse?
For readers, the Irish Literary Revival represents an opportunity to discover work they might never have encountered otherwise. For students, the book you need for your essay or thesis might well be here. For no cost.
You can still contact the author or publisher through this site if you’d like to purchase a hard copy.
As far as Irish Literary Revival is concerned, there’s no money involved – just writers, readers and the word.
We have moved the site from static html to the more dynamic Wordpress. The practical effect of this is greater useability, and greater dissemination of the work of contributing authors.
More recently, we have a new Wordpress template. Hopefully that will have greater impact.
Most of the writers here are still actively publishing (sadly, Sydney Bernard Smith died in 2008). We hope the new format will help authors to publicize new work and activities.
Welcome and Fá¡ilte to the Irish Literary Revival. We hope you enjoy your visit.
– Philip Casey and Patrick Chapman
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